Gaza Strip

Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Netanyahu on Saturday

Israeli defence minister orders military to present plan for total defeat of Hamas in Gaza if it does not release its hostages before Donald Trump’s inauguration

There are several reasons why our sympathy for the Palestinian cause has not been tempered by the pragmatic realities of international diplomatic relations, as is the case elsewhere

Bezalel Smotrich calls for country to take over ‘entire civil management of Gaza Strip’ and cut humanitarian aid to Palestinians to minimum

Ireland says inference can be drawn from a state’s actions that it is guilty of genocide even where no direct evidence of such a policy is produced

Michael D Higgins implores young scientists to commit to welfare of all global citizens and counter war rhetoric

US, Qatar and Egypt make most serious attempt yet to reach deal, source says, as Israeli bombardments continue

South Africa has alleged genocide by Israel during the war in Gaza

Three Palestinians killed in the West Bank as Israeli military operations intensify

Palestinian medics say more than 200 people injured in attacks by Israel in 24 hours

A UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report found children aged five-nine accounted for the largest number of dead in Israel’s military onslaught, followed by 10-14 year olds and then babies and children aged 0-four

Sixty-two people killed over the last day amid surge in Israeli operations in Gaza

Biden administration says it is helping its ally defend against Iran-backed militant groups like Hamas

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Israel’s military claims it hit around 40 Hamas gathering points and command centres while taking measures to reduce harm to civilians

Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu approves delegation to resume Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha, PM’s office says

Israeli military tells residents in central Gaza to evacuate from area where militants were firing rockets

Close observers are struggling to understand the intensity of Israel’s focus on Jabaliya, an area that has become an unrecognisable wasteland of rubble

Members of Irish press gather for Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s New Year’s Eve vigil

Jumaa al-Batran is one of six Palestinians who have died of exposure and cold in recent days

In the space of a single year, the Islamic Republic of Iran effectively lost three of the key elements in its so-called axis of resistance

Palestinian and UN officials say no place is safe in Gaza and that evacuations worsen humanitarian conditions

Books on the Famine, the Troubles, the Aran Islands and Gaza, and an account by the daughter of Dominique Pelicot of how she and her mother Gisèle rebuilt their lives, are also due out

WHO ‘appalled’ by raid that put northern Gaza’s last major hospital out of service

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At least 25 killed in latest strikes by Israel on Palestinian enclave, including 15 in one Gaza City house

Hamas and Israel trade blame over failure to conclude ceasefire agreement despite recent reported progress

Syria cautions Iran on spreading chaos in country; and Israel fails to curb armed gangs looting Gaza food convoys

The Indonesian Hospital is one of the Gaza Strip’s few still partially functioning hospitals

Tánaiste says hunger caused by conflicts is being exacerbated by denial of humanitarian aid by warring parties

Israel receives major boost as pro-Iranian militias in Iraq announce they are stopping their attacks against Israel

Simon Harris says call was made to express ‘solidarity’ between people of Ireland and Palestine

Four children were among eight killed when a school used to house displaced people in Gaza City was attacked

Enclave’s health ministry reports heavy bombing of Kamal Adwan Hospital in its north that hit without prior warning

Israeli minister criticises Pope Francis’ call to study whether war in Palestinian enclave constitutes a genocide

Eight children, accompanied by carers and siblings, travelled to Dublin on Thursday evening

HRW says dehydration and malnutrition ‘undermine people’s abilities to heal from wounds and disease, leading to infections, illnesses and deaths’

Israel is a diplomatic bully and never addresses its human rights abuses. Global focus should not be on etiquette but on freedom for Palestine

Palestinian official says mediators have narrowed gaps on most of agreement’s clauses and deal could be signed in coming days

There is cautious optimism from all parties that gaps between them are narrowing